Recognised as Colour

#33DAD8

#33DAD8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#33DAD8 is a cyan with RGB values 51, 218, 216 and HSL 179°, 69%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#33DAD8#33DAD8

HEX#33DAD8

RGBrgb(51, 218, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.8549, 0.8471

RGB percentages20%, 85.5%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(179.3, 69.3%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 76.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK76.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,398,360

CSS custom property--colour: #33DAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#CC2527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCCFD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 5 Turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Aqua · ΔE 14.2 Cyan · ΔE 14.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.93, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DA3335

Analogous#33DA85, #3388DA

Triadic#D833DA, #DAD833

Split complementary#DA3388, #DA8533

Tetradic#8533DA, #DA3335, #88DA33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E0F9F9

Lighter +30%#B5F1F1

Lighter +20%#89EAE9

Lighter +10%#5EE2E0

Darker −10%#21B9B7

Darker −20%#1A8D8C

Darker −30%#126261

Darker −40%#0A3736

More saturated +25%#15F8F5

Less saturated −25%#51BCBB

Channel breakdown

R51

G218

B216

Red51 (20%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue179.28°

Saturation (HSL)69.29%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 33 · G DA · B D8

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